Clematis socialis Kral. Subgenus: Viorna. Common name: Alabama Leatherflower. Habitat: Wet calcareous flatwoods. Distribution: Nw. GA (Floyd Co.) and ne. AL (St. Clair and Cherokee counties). Recently discovered in Piedmont of GA (the population needing additional study).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Timmerman-Erskine & Boyd (1999) reported on the reproductive ecology of this endangered species; Goertzen & Boyd (2007) on its genetic diversity.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA3, K4, NS, POWO; = n/a — S, S13. Basionym: Clematis socialis Kral 1982
Links to other floras: = Clematis socialis - FNA3
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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© Alan Cressler: Clematis socialis, North Fork Powerline Prairie, St. Clair County, Alabama 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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